Factory worker was 'hit with up to eight tonnes of pressure'

The inquest into the death of Tarsem Singh has heard how the 52-year-old man was fatally injured at the Leicester factory where he worked.

In April last year Tarsem was operating a pressurised piece of machinery at Nylacast Engineering Plastic Solutions that moulds plastic into 3m long rods.

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A thud was heard and he was found lying near a piece of machinery which paramedics believed had flown off and struck him - that's up to eight tonnes of pressure hitting Tarsem in the chest.

That trauma led to a heart attack, which according to the pathologist, was the principal cause of death.

We haven't head evidence from officials or employees from Nylacast yet but the jury was told there was no equipment failure or fault found and no evidence to support a case of corporate manslaughter from the police investigation.

Jury sworn in for child sex trial of former BBC radio presenters

Tom Turrell

BBC Midlands Today

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of two ex-BBC radio presenters facing child sex charges.

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Married couple Julie and Tony Wadsworth, who presented on BBC Radio Leicester and BBC WM, as well as BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, are accused at Warwick Crown Court of sexual offences against four children in the 1990s.

Julie Wadsworth, who used her maiden name Mayer while on air, stands accused of five counts of outraging public decency and 12 counts of indecent assault on a male person.

Tony Wadsworth is charged with five counts of outraging public decency and 10 counts of indecent assault on a male person.

Court prepares for radio presenters trial

Julie and Tony Wadsworth are accused of sexual offences against four children in the 1990s.

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Julie is accused of five counts of outraging public decency and 12 counts of indecent assault on a male whilst Tony stands accused of five counts of outraging public decency and 10 counts of indecent assault of a male.